[Heathkit] Spinner Knob for HW-101

[Jim Shorney]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:45:40 -0500, Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:

>Until recently I didnt know the HW-101 came with a "spinner" knob on
>the Freq dial.  Mine had a plain jane knob.  Are the spinner knobs
>easy to find?  Were they stock?  I find that the plain jane knob is a
>pain in the A** when in a hurry and would like a spinner, either a
>crank or one with a finger hole.  Anyone have one available?


I didn't know they were available either. When I had my 101, I made my
own. I found a button in my mother's sewing kit (I was a know-it-all
teenager at that time) that was an almost exact color match for the
dark green Heath plastic, and was of a style and size that made it
suitable for a finger-hole spinner. I trimmed out enough of the outer
rim of the knob to glue the button in place on the front of the knob,
and I had an instant spinner. It worked pretty well. AFAIK, that 101 is
still floating around out there somewhere. It would be easily
recognisable, it also had an UGLY homebrew power supply and green
filters for the dial and meter lamps.

73

-Jim
NU0C